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Nell

[nel]

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Helen.



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Historian Nell Painter remarked in 2011, “Being white these days isn’t what it used to be.”

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As the daughter of a nurse, the virtues of public service were something Nell Ashworth grew up with.

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Nell is all too aware that those who perform well during the summer internship, which typically takes place between the second and third year of a university course, can be fast-tracked into a graduate job in the civil service.

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In Nell's case her mother was a nurse and her father a town planner.

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"Mostly, I felt deflated," Nell says of her reaction to seeing the changes, having planned to apply for next year's programme.

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